Repairing the Wasp
I completed a project this evening that is been on my mind for many, many years – the repair and...
1/72 F4U-1A Corsair
This was a reprise of the Hasegawa Corsair kit that I built two weekends ago as a F4U-4 flying from...
1/72 F6F-5 Hellcat
My attempt to make headway on my stash of unbuilt kits settled on a second 1/72 Academy F6F this week....
Matchbox Replacements: 1/72 Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver (23-02) & Vought F4U-1D Corsair (23-03)
These two new completions - an AMT SB2C-4 Helldiver and a Hasegawa F4U-4 Corsair - will be significant upgrades from...
Gloss Sea Blue Weekend
I did finally get the Bearcat (bottom left) finished this weekend, but didn’t quite finish the upgraded Helldiver and Corsair...
1/72 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (23-01)
This is my first completed build since 2021 - a small one, to be sure, but a completed build nonetheless....
FDR – Hull Finished*
Of course there’s an asterisk - there will always be little imperfections to gradually fill and sand away, but it’s...
FDR Day 10: Change of Plans
When I started the FDR last month, I was working off a set of Edward Wiswesser plans drawn up likely...
FDR Day 9 – hangar deck walls start going up
I'll post more on the new plans later when I've finished fully integrating them into the build, but they've already...
Drydock tour – U.S.S. Texas (BB-35)
Had a great time with Parker and Grayson touring the Texas in drydock in Houston! as very much asin his...